The invention claimed is:
1. An electrode for a secondary battery comprising a maleimide compound, a conductive agent and an electrode active material, wherein
the maleimide compound is a maleimide resin compound comprising a repeating unit comprising a maleimide monomer residue and a dione compound residue,
the conductive agent comprises at least one selected from carbon nanotubes and carbon nanohorns, and
a ratio of a coverage of the maleimide compound on the electrode active material to a coverage of the conductive agent on the electrode active material is 0.15 to 2.
2. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the maleimide compound has two or more maleimide groups.
3. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the maleimide compound comprises a polymer which is a reaction product of a bismaleimide and a barbituric acid.
4. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive agent comprises a carbon nanotube.
5. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 4 , wherein the average D/G ratio according to Raman spectroscopic measurement of the carbon nanotube is 0.2 to 1.2.
6. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 4 , wherein the aspect ratio of the carbon nanotube is 200 to 900.
7. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive agent further comprises carbon black.
8. A secondary battery comprising the secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 .
9. The secondary battery according to claim 8 comprising the secondary battery electrode as a positive electrode.
10. An assembled battery comprising the secondary battery according to claim 8 .
11. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio is 0.15 to 1.
12. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the maleimide compound is 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of the electrode active material and an amount of the conductive agent is 0.5 to 4.5 wt % of the electrode active material.
13. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the maleimide compound is a maleimide resin compound prepared by reacting a maleimide monomer and a dione compound in a solvent containing a Bronsted base.
14. The secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the maleimide compound is 0.1 wt % or less of the electrode active material.